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Fushimi Inari Taisha: What Happens If You Keep Walking Up to the Tip?

HeyWhatsupCourtney — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:56:44 +0000

We started our climb. And somewhere between the halfway viewpoint and the upper forest, the crowds stopped. There were small fox shrines appeared in alcoves along the way. I thought I had reached the summit, stopped, looked around, cheered with my partner (not in a loud manner don't worry), and was about to head back down.

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Is Arashiyama Bamboo Forest a Tourist Trap or actually worth it?

HeyWhatsupCourtney — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:42:34 +0000

Is Arashiyama Bamboo Forest in Kyoto a tourist trap or worth it? Tips on timing, is it actually worth going, things to do around Arashiyama, and how to plan a half day or full morning in Arashiyama.

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Is Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama in Kyoto worth Visiting?

HeyWhatsupCourtney — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:31:09 +0000

Every person in this world knows about Punch in Iwataki Zoo Japan who is the most adorable monkey in the world by now. He is a breed of Japanese macaques monkeys known in Japan, and there's a place in Kyoto where they run wild and we, the humans are in a cage observing them (rightfully so). This place is called Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama.

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